CAREER
Salary Median (2020)
$85,540
Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)
+2.6% (slower than the average)
Most Common Level of Education
Doctoral or professional degree
Teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems Instructor (CIS Instructor), Computer Science Instructor, Computer Science Professor, Faculty Member, Information Technology Instructor (IT Instructor), Instructor, Lecturer, Professor
When I'm developing (outside of lecturing), I use the mornings each day to check my emails and figure out what my focus should be that day. Then I spend a few hours programming and familiarizing myself with where I am in the code. I use lunch to talk to my peers about what we're all working on. Then I spend the afternoon and early evening buckling down on programming, testing codes, and coming up with solutions.
I get to my office and go through email to see if there are any "must answer now" messages. I look particularly for email from students who might need a quick response. I make sure I connect to anyone I haven't met before, so that unsolicited email from people is answered more quickly than email from those down the hall. I think about what I'll be teaching in my next class and whether I have to develop anything for that. I make sure I have room to read new stuff online.
Most common level of education among people in
this career: Doctoral or professional degree (47%)
Bachelor's degree
15%
Master's degree
32%
Doctoral or professional degree
47%
Other*
6%
*All other responses combined for clarity.
Suggested Path
Bachelor
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Graduate
Teaching French as a Second or Foreign Language
Suggested Path
High School
Bachelor
Design and Visual Communications, General
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